Benjamin Robinson, Sr.

Benjamin was a lineal descendant (great grandson) of Reverend John Robinson, pastor of the 1620 Mayflower Pilgrims at Leiden, Netherlands, and his wife Bridget White.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(pastor)

Biography

Benjamin was the son of Peter and Experience (Manton) Robinson of Scotland, Connecticut. [1]

Benjamin married Jerusha Bingham on 4 March 1729 in Windham, Connecticut, United States.[2]

Benjamin died on 12 April 1772 in Stafford, Connecticut, United States.[3]

Note

Birth year 1703/4

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Benjamin Robinson (1703 - 1772)

Benjamin Robinson

Born 23 Feb 1703 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Peter Robinson and Experience (Lombard) Robinson

Brother of Sarah Robinson [half], Mary Robinson [half], Martha (Robinson) Allen [half], Israel Robinson [half], Peter Robinson, Thomas Robinson [half], Simeon Robinson, Abigail (Robinson) Palmer, Rhoda Robinson [half], Joseph Robinson, Anna Robinson, Isaac Robinson, Elizabeth (Robinson) Smith and Anna (Robinson) Fuller

Husband of Jerusha (Bingham) Robinson — married 4 Mar 1728 in Scotland, Connecticut

Father of Eunice (Robinson) White, Irene (Robinson) Blodgett, Elijah Robinson, Eliphalet Robinson, Lydia Robinson, Jerusha Robinson and Benjamin Robinson

Died 12 Apr 1772 at age 69 in Stafford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Profile last modified 17 Dec 2022 | Created 13 Nov 2011

Sources

↑ Perkins, Mary E. Old Families of Norwich, Connecticut (Norwich, Conn., 1900). Page 32 #36
↑ Marriage: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", database with images, citing Marriage, Windham, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008100623, FamilySearch Record: QP3T-GF68 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSJJ-D9K1-Z Image number 07833,
↑ Death: "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920", database with images, Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3032 #314545, Benjamin Robinson death 12 Apr 1772 in Stafford, Connecticut, USA.
"The Descendents of Thomas Buell" by Harlow Dunham Curtis Publication: Nathan Deloss Buell, Portland, Oregon
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43674663/benjamin-robinson: accessed 30 November 2022), memorial page for Benjamin Robinson (23 Feb 1704–12 Apr 1772), Find A Grave: Memorial #43674663, ; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939) Burial Details Unknown.

Benjamin Robinson, the fifth child of Peter Robinson, Sr. and second wife Experience Lumbert, b. Feb. 23, 1703/4 at Tisbury (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass.). The Stafford, Conn. vital records say Benjamin died at Stafford Apr. 12, 1772. However, at what cemetery Benjamin is interred is currently unknown to the memorialist.

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On Mar. 4, 1728/9 at Windham, Conn., Benjamin m. Jerusha Bingham, dau. of Capt. Samuel Bingham, Sr. and his first wife Faith Ripley. On Feb. 24, 1760, Benjamin and wife Jerusha were admitted members of the Stafford, Conn. Church, "from the 2nd Church at Lebanon." They had seven children; the first five b. of record at Windham, Conn. and the last two of record at Lebanon, Conn.

Through his father, Benjamin was the great grandson of Rev. John Robinson (1576-1625) and Bridget White, late of Leiden, Holland. Rev. Robinson was the pastor at Leiden of the core Pilgrims who sailed in 1620 aboard the Mayflower and founded the Plymouth Colony. Through Benjamin's wife Jerusha Bingham's mother, their children are descendants of Gov. William Bradford of the 1620 Mayflower and Plymouth Colony.

• i. Eunice Robinson, b. Nov. 16, 1731; m. Hugh White at Stafford, Conn. Apr. 8, 1756; said to have relocated to Vershire, Orange County, VT. Seven known children of the family.

• ii. Irene Robinson, b. Nov. 1, 1733; m. Dec. 4, 1755 Capt. John Blodgett at Stafford, Conn.; relocated to Claremont, NH and were one of the progenitors of the large interrelated Alden, Ainsworth and Blodgett families of Claremont, NH. They died at Claremont, NH two days apart in April 1813. Twelve known children of the family.

• iii. Col. Elijah Robinson, b. Oct. 1, 1735; m. Jan. 22, 1761 Lydia Scripture at Stafford, Conn.; relocated by 1781 to Weathersfield, VT where they died in 1809 and 1822, respectively. Seven known children of the family.

• iv. Eliphalet Robinson, b. Dec. 5, 1739; m. Nov. 25, 1761 Mary Follett at Stafford, Conn. (Stafford Church and Town Recs.); relocated to Claremont, NH by 1790 where they both died in 1813 and 1816, respectively. The memorialist believes that Mary was likely the dau. of Robert Follett and Abigail Richardson, b. at Attleboro, Mass. May 27, 1741. Two known children of the family.

• v. Lydia Robinson, b. Feb. 5, 1741/2; m. Nov. 27, 1760 Daniel Blodgett at Stafford, Conn. (called Daniel Bloggett, Tertius [3rd], in the Stafford Church Rec.), brother of her sister Irene's husband. Daniel d. as a prisoner at New York City during the Rev. War. Lydia purportedly died at Chelsea, VT in 1811. Nine children of the family.

• vi. Jerusha Robinson, b. Aug. 8, 1746; m. Feb. 4, 1779 as his 2nd wife Thomas Barrows of North Mansfield, Conn., where they both died in 1802 and 1830, respectively. Six children of the family.

• vii. Benjamin Robinson, Jr., b. Apr. 24, 1749; m. his 1st cousin Ruth Johnson on Sept. 18, 1770 at Willington, Conn. (dau. of his father's sister Mary); both died at Brownington, VT in 1833 and 1837, respectively. Benjamin was a Rev. War soldier and granted a pension. His widow Ruth held a Rev. War widow's pension at her death. Eight children of the family.

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Biography

Benjamin was the son of Peter and Experience (Manton) Robinson of Scotland, Connecticut. [1]

Benjamin married Jerusha Bingham on 4 March 1729 in Windham, Connecticut, United States.[2]

Benjamin died on 12 April 1772 in Stafford, Connecticut, United States.[3]

Note
Birth year 1703/4

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Robinson-3931

Benjamin Robinson (1703 - 1772)

Benjamin Robinson

Born 23 Feb 1703 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Peter Robinson and Experience (Lombard) Robinson

Brother of Sarah Robinson [half], Mary Robinson [half], Martha (Robinson) Allen [half], Israel Robinson [half], Peter Robinson, Thomas Robinson [half], Simeon Robinson, Abigail (Robinson) Palmer, Rhoda Robinson [half], Joseph Robinson, Anna Robinson, Isaac Robinson, Elizabeth (Robinson) Smith and Anna (Robinson) Fuller

Husband of Jerusha (Bingham) Robinson — married 4 Mar 1728 in Scotland, Connecticut

Father of Eunice (Robinson) White, Irene (Robinson) Blodgett, Elijah Robinson, Eliphalet Robinson, Lydia Robinson, Jerusha Robinson and Benjamin Robinson

Died 12 Apr 1772 at age 69 in Stafford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Profile last modified 17 Dec 2022 | Created 13 Nov 2011

Sources

↑ Perkins, Mary E. Old Families of Norwich, Connecticut (Norwich, Conn., 1900). Page 32 #36
↑ Marriage: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", database with images, citing Marriage, Windham, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008100623, FamilySearch Record: QP3T-GF68 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSJJ-D9K1-Z Image number 07833,
↑ Death: "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920", database with images, Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3032 #314545, Benjamin Robinson death 12 Apr 1772 in Stafford, Connecticut, USA.
"The Descendents of Thomas Buell" by Harlow Dunham Curtis Publication: Nathan Deloss Buell, Portland, Oregon
FamilySearch Profile
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43674663/benjamin-robinson: accessed 30 November 2022), memorial page for Benjamin Robinson (23 Feb 1704–12 Apr 1772), Find A Grave: Memorial #43674663, ; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939) Burial Details Unknown.